MicroStrategy Developer

Post Date Date de publication 8/1/2018 Title Titre MicroStrategy Developer City Ville Winnipeg Province MB Description Wawanesa Insurance is a policyholder owned mutual insurance company that offers employees great stability and opportunity for growth. We are currently looking for dedicated, driven, and enthusiastic individuals who thrive in an environment that welcomes change and are looking for an opportunity for diverse experience, advancement on a growing team. Our Information Services team is delivering truly transformational change to both our business partners, and throughout our technology platforms. These initiatives have led to rapid growth and the need for new talent. If you’re interested in joining a team of motivated and skilled IT professionals, who are equipped with, and are actively working with today’s latest technology, consider this exciting Winnipeg-based opportunity! MicroStrategy Developer Working under minimum supervision the MicroStrategy Developer contributes to Wawanesa’s success by maintaining and supporting business systems and applications. Key Responsibilities Plan, design, development and testing of software. Ability to interact with clients and translate business requirements into technical solutions. Participate in the preparation of technical specifications from requirements. Creation and maintenance of relevant documentation. Define, measure, analyze, improve and control the established practices, processes, and guidelines. Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve incidents and production issues. Participate in planning activities to define scope within a release deliverable. Work with Data Management project team to develop MicroStrategy reports and dashboards. Assist in functional and system testing of integrated reporting applications, dashboards and KPI’s. Mentoring junior developers. Keep current with relevant technologies. Perform other duties as assigned. Qualifications Minimum two to four years of MicroStrategy, or relevant reporting tool experience, with expertise in grid reports, report services documents and visualizations. Experience in architecting MicroStrategy metadata and schema objects as well as applying advanced administration, management and performance tuning techniques is desired. Minimum 3 years practical experience working with relational database systems and structure query languages. Strong knowledge of SQL, including the ability to build and debug/maintain complicated SQL queries and understanding of dimensional modeling is required. Familiarity with the program’s 3-Tier architecture is an asset. Detail oriented with analytical and problem-solving skills to recognize and identify issues and take proper action to resolve them. Strong communication skills, with the ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner with style fitting for the audience and message. Strong planning and organizing skills, with the ability to develop and implement plans by prioritizing and multi-tasking. Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team environment with the ability to coach others in order to effectively accomplish team objectives. Possesses a willingness to learn while keeping abreast of developments in field. Post-secondary degree/certificate from a computer science program of a recognized university or college or the equivalent in experience and education. Experience using tools such as JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, Source Code Management is considered an asset. Knowledge and experience working in the insurance industry is considered an asset. Knowledge and experience working in an Enterprise Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence environment is considered an asset. Wawanesa provides its employees with a respectful, challenging and rewarding environment where they can maximize their potential while contributing to the company’s goals. Our employees are provided with highly competitive compensation packages (salaries, generous vacation allowance, leave top up, profit sharing, premium free benefits and a pension plan). Wawanesa provides a stable and rewarding environment for its employees in today’s challenging markets. Apply today to join our team! If you are interested in this exciting, challenging position with Wawanesa, please submit your résumé and cover letter at www.wawanesa.com . Apply On-line Send This Job to a Friend